30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Multifamily Project Construction Contract, Building Loan Agreement, & Construction Change Request

Federal Register, Volume 78 Issue 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2013)

Federal Register Volume 78, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2013)

Notices

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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2013-20289

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Vol. 78

Wednesday,

No. 162

August 21, 2013

Part IV

Department of Housing and Urban Development

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30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collections; Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Docket No. FR-5683-N-68

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Multifamily Project Construction Contract, Building Loan Agreement, & Construction Change Request

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the proposed information collection requirement described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days of public comment.

DATES: Comments Due Date: September 20, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-5806. Email: OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Pollard, Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov or telephone 202-402-3400. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Pollard.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that HUD has submitted to OMB a request for approval of the information collection described in Section A. The Federal Register notice that solicited public comment on the information collection for a period of 60 days was published on April 11, 2013.

1. Overview of Information Collection

   Title of Information Collection: Multifamily Project Construction Contract, Building Loan Agreement, & Construction Change Request.

   OMB Approval Number: 2502-0011.

   Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved.

   Form Number: HUD-92442, HUD-92437, HUD-92442-CA, HUD-92442-A, HUD-

   92442-A-CA, HUD-92441.

   Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The information collected on the ``Multifamily Project Construction Contract, Building Loan Agreement, and Construction Change Request'' form provides HUD with information from contractors, mortgagors/

   borrowers, and mortgagees/lenders for construction of multifamily projects and to obtain approval of changes in previously approved contract drawings and/or specifications.

   Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the information collection including number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response: The number of burden hours is 9538. The number of respondents is 1158, the number of responses is 1158, the frequency of response is annually, and the burden hour per response is 3 hours.

2. Solicitation of Public Comment

   This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected parties concerning the collection of information described in Section A on the following:

   (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

   (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

   (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

   (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond; including through the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.

   HUD encourages interested parties to submit comment in response to these questions.

   Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

   Dated: August 15, 2013.

   Colette Pollard,

   Department Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

   FR Doc. 2013-20289 Filed 8-20-13; 8:45 am

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